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Date! 3 - 17 - 63 '

Edition : SUNRISE FINAL

Author:

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Title: BARBARA HARTLE

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IpririatorvjK at; Aldersony/W.;

, ‘ SHe;: disdosed -today-foi;;

I '/tfie first 'time publicly that:
* /she/has/ received V full-and ;

: - unconditional ^/presidential,
! \ pardon ^ipr hpr^acfs against^
her'country.. .. r ^ ']/ . > J]
: : , The . graying' but ‘ dill vi- j
brant 54-year-old* widow; fias/
; lived in relative ^obscurity :
: since returning here to her^
. chUdhood home,: blowing/
her: releasefrom prison. -
i % „ . ‘‘This is* qtiif e; an ^agree- '
; ablechknge irom/being in',
theCPrlcantellyou that,”;
she: saidr -It’s an ^orderly/
existence. I ' camdojvhat' j
Avant tor tlie first time lii/
manyyears. If l don^t like:
a/ certain kind of^ chick
I’m raising can;’ get an :
other.kihci; I caiiread>vhat :
jl ; Want ’ to read,d/ can gp/
;fisbingJ;i’6"u can^dc^ vyliad;
v Sjou want ihUhe partyr-the^-

l^he^aS*]^

J dozen i^usfice^^partmmit^
Tactions ormduse
t lean /Activities/ Committee^.

hearirigs since' her release

irbnr prison,,, giving testi-:
mony based on her intimate ]
^knowledge of party individual
;als . and tactics; / - j

* ‘I feel' this is about, the'
'only thing "and. the. /best
tiling, I' can do to; help a;
fgdvemhfedt/ and;;a;/wa2p/oi/
life I fought .for so long,”

■- site declared/ “3t’s h;a rd *
work and/exactIng, ‘but X’m

>a,wlthess , ,,//,*/

/ /She became/%cpustomp^

, So v tfie; abuse o£ ^attorneys!

1 or': the^'communistvparty

1 ind-the heckling, of ; party- 1
% LnersJiMhe ;ahdiencp4qng^

: vlblRS. HARXEE lives, witlf

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i '>£ : ohe-story- frame, house on/

; /a^bluff ;above ffie/Cblhmbia?^

' r ’fciver^

Evansis ay sp eck/on*High/;

^.hb^mcr^i-tfian/:

: .a. scoi;e-/of yrural/r events /
wlia -i:r : e;s

. air /Across /the ^oad/r.ljs'. e .
/ craggy^.dun /colqf ed~h/i his/

/ flecked '-with /stand s ;.ol : pine
-andl sagebrush -now pale/
^yiol^t^eidetting $hfcpers *
^serenity i r //

f :4:Occasi6n41fc

j , is calie& r kwky;;xb ;te stif y at/

; :k '' hearing ■; d^/iMbve?sjori^
i;The;last/time/>ya^

/years^agb/in^ashihgton,,

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jj Ndw- ; 'kndvtheriv an: IFBlh;
l agent- Will. drop/ by ^fdr, ; a-

rchatiy///;//:

4 : ^see the FBI occasional-^
riy> * she^said/ /‘Sometiifies ,
/theywant^

; dividuai with^m ask m&/
1 .aboutsome activity. /But/ Igj
kon^t^wbrkvfbrthe: FBI— I’d

fever have.*

^g^dbrw-the" desperate" .

, days ; ofyl953 and .1954/after .
^rehpdncingr

' lhe : help.and:encoiira^ ent" "
0of /Fhe ; Host - Intelligencer :

• and>i6vmer reporter r Tray- '; ,
L^onHahsem . : ; /

/ > BUT MRS. HARTIiE de- /’
-- clihes to regard herself as /
V ( a professional anti-commu- "

/ nist iWihiess. r . f
: , /‘I-mnotone of those ex-
§ "communists Who spend all -
their time thinking about
^ lg-” t ’.i5hef : sai3..' , f < X 4on!t A 'Iive^.%
with J it. Some' make a ca- l
reer-of It, just hy-
-- iiag^tto / bec(^e; a^itizen^
pleading a normal life/' f

1 4 ^ / */*', V- y:,- ty^ : *c v

^ .SHE .SHIES : away from „
/political/kbtiylty^^ npw : :>:and
h a oesn’ , cbnsid^pr^herseh,/ a//:
{/ member of: either; major *‘i
// : pp]ificai ; par^ doesy;::
! vf W ours e, hay certain firm; *
/:|oliticai /views,' among ' .
f/][Hem/iVfier/^
l who decry the. tacticb ol the /
£ . ©n - -/American^

//'Commit te b /and/e x*f r r e'me>
f : rigHt/wirig : groups /ape ' mis- ; ■

l>://l/don , ttsuppose ? you/canU/
^/figiit/^cpmn^isih/w
& 6h^S:approach,”^^h said/
^/Jolin wBircb//Soci
^ and pther. groups; ;w* h i"c ;h/ '
/nahie/themseivesi are doing/
;i one^jofi/ 1 believe other/or/’ ;
/ganizations/and/indiYidu
' are /aoingy :yery/:/effectiv^ ,
' Wprk tpo. /Tlie basic 'tliing : ;

they /are/ dbing' is; studying
/into commiihishi\~ What its . "
J t e chn i qiie s n ndhn e th o ds are. -r
I 'thinfc /tiiey-make - a ;good
, cohtributibh; ,i y///:: 1 ^

/.that /communism/ is//still
/dangerously ' s attr active ;toi

|3%^n>y/yduh^

fas/sfie wa s " wh en/she* j oin e d '

/ thenar ty;inSpokane^iri/19
/Sfie/had graduate d /a:-Phi/
/Beta./iCapp al/fr 6m/Wbshingr/
tpn;/State J Cpllege/^^
^f^^long^s^oun^
‘pledon-t;r^
thei/Communist./
tlfey wiU bp attra(^€^/by its/
call; Jo/ arm s yf or, : a-/ b etier/
world,”. - she v J ! said^////VVe/
;siioui(lda,k ; tfibKug® iob : ^o|i
teaching* aboUtcdmmxinism/
/to "give young pebple some
anti 5/ communist; armnuni-
; Hoitl /^jhiat’s r^lt^ifeb'de^ ^ I
le^arne d - • no argumentk- !
agsunst/Commum^
lege/y J' read : Bar L^l&ar ^fk^
flifi^Ha^tal' ^\yt|h tlp ldc^|

> of; refuting/it but l couidn/t
/ "-rlie won me ove^^*/// :

; ’ Epim /other/ tbp, vcommn- '
hist leaders ’in ; Washington:
-State, Were ^ convicted 'with
Mrs/ Harfle in' 1953. While
y she 'tdrne*d her back,1oh!the;
'/ sentence/ ; the/ others. \vo,n/

■ reversals on. appeal..; ; />

THE ONLY regret; s he;
/has,, However,/ is that;s h el
didn't ma k^e- her:- bi;eak ;
sooner. . // /

' '^Iwas 'sb’/hproughlyin^

. grained ;with/dis trust of the/
>\ FBI/ /'arid M other /' govern-/
Vrrien^ had no ; ;

idea/there/was/avgreat -hu-^
? ^2ndniiy/v. v our ‘ dehib-;
c v cratic bivilization^’h/she; de-/
r craredv/^'If^Ihad had//the?
.least /glimmering '.of vcbm-/

- / [ gones tr aightto the.-FBIahd ;
r *told them I/was- tfirough/x/;-; ;
^y^i r gr ^ itnig
: don: was^one of the;lastr;o|[-.;

:/serihbwer, f invJ^ ^ 196j|./
vflbcky/num

^ducing' 60^1d6zen; eggs ; a dayj.
/fat 49 *ceri|si'w^ H

Ivi; /T enjoypthe country/lifei/
-itietsyou:beandndividua^
/fefie saidi v fAh ; indiyidual/in /
'* the/ Commuriist;Party:fe
hisr identity: /arid hbiiity>ii6?|
Ihink lnfiependentiy/ Ah/y/
" desire to do sp is considered \
‘ b ourgebis i n dlvidualism /or; 1
^i^fi^ess^r;/^

&J!To\ Barbaifa;^ fH&tte,/ ^thel
/ clear /air / sfie:/6rSaiH&Sn;/
HEvans smeHs of /freedom^;: /!

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Mr. Tolson

Mr. Belmont

Mr. Mohr

Mr* Cajlahan

Mr^ ®m’a/p

Mr. Evans

Mr. "Malone

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Mr. am

Miss Gandy

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Ecnsnumsm

American schools should teach
"against” communism, a former
tpo U.S. Communist said here
Tuesday.

Miss Barbara Hartle, o netime
! secretaryoi the nortawesf -district
in Washington, Oregon and Idaho,
said the course should he truthful
but not objective. Y *

"I am not in favor of letting
yjJPS P«°p Ie decide,” she said/
adding that at a young age sfcu-*
dents are not capable of looking
at the issue objectively and com-
ing to understanding of what com-
munism is.

Miss Hertle, who will address
Evangelist Billy James Hargis’
Anti-Communist Leadership School
Thursday, had company on the
subject among speakers at the’
school Tuesday. .

In a speech Tuesday night,
retired Brig. Gen. William P.
Campbell of Searcy, Ark., said
Americans should “study and ob-
tain an understanding of com-
munism” as well as the American-
way of life. * j

Urges Education j

He also urge dthat children be
given an understanding of com-j
munism “and how the Reds work
to attract youth.”
i Earlier, Br. R. P. Oliver of the
•fte University of Illinois charged
; “courses on contemporary
pioblems usually are sheer, pure
unadulterated communism with a
little polish on the surface.”

Hargis, who heads the Christian
crusade sponsoring the school,
called for the resignation of A tty.
Gen. Robert Kennedy because he
has not prosecuted Communists
on grounds they have failed to
register as required by law!

[ “He has not hesitated to pros-
ecute southerners on the question
of integration, but he win not
known Com-
munists- in this country^ r Hargis

preparation for a career as a
writer.” >

After studying Marx, she looked
up the Socialist Party in Spo-
kane, Wash., where she was con-
tacted by Communists who were
recruiting socialists to prepare
material for -the party. J
- She was given literature, writ-
ten by Lenin, Marx, Stalin and

other Communist leaders. Miss-
Hartle said she was reluctant
about joining the party so she
was signed up for a front organ-
ization ‘called the Friends of the
Soviet -Union. This was during^
the drive for the U.S. to recog-
nize the USSR in 1 1932. ^ ■

/After v a year of this "activity,

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Misc-Hs^tle said she. bsjieyes
the ruling requiring Communist
party members to register as
agents of a foreign power has
chased the party underground.

Won't Destroy Party

: She said the ruling will make it
hard for the party to recruit
members and to get funds to
| carry on its work, but, will hot j
destroy it.

“To outlaw the party is to chase
’ it underground, it should be
’ eliminated,” she said.
t The Communist party, Miss
Hartle said/ wants very strenu-
ously to be legal and at the same
time reserve for itself the right
to operate underground illegally.

She said the Communists have
been successful in the U.S. in
creating an opinion that to op-
pose communism is, at jthe same
time, an attack on the Constitu-
tion, labor unions, and the pos-
sibility of having peace in the
world.

“They have succeeded in con-
vincing the general public, that
opposing communism will lead to
fascism and dictatorships,” she
said.

Tells of Past

Miss Hartle told- how, as a Phi
Beta Kappa graduate of Wash-
ington State University and a
college conservative, she moved
into the Communist party.

“I got into it to begin with
; through" intellectual curiousity,”
she said. /‘I came across a copy
of KarL Marx’s Das 3£anifa!^io
gct^roi^sides of the picture in

Continued from Pg. 1, Sec . 2

tlie Communists insisted she join
, the party if she was sincere and
^ not working in the front organi-
1 zation for die FBI or other anti-
communist organizations,

Joined Reds’ in 1933
Miss Hartle joined the party
in tlie winter of 1933-34. She did
not sever all ties with the party
until the spring of 1954 when she
■went to tlie FBI office in Seattle
to tell about party activities.

She said die Communists prac-;
tice “mental enslavement” on
their members to make them feel
they are deserters if they begin
to feel they are no longer in
! agreement with party programs.

“This is not a political catch-
word,” she said, “but a ’fact.”
Although her actual break with
the party was some years away.
Miss Hartle began to have doubts
at the time of die Uitler-Stalin
pact during the early stages of.
World War II, she said.

The party had always criticized
the U.S. government, but during
this period its anti-American work
picked "up heavily blaming the
U.S. and Great Britain for die
pact with Russia, thus forcing the
Soviets * into ‘ a “temporary non-
aggression pact with Hitler” for
time to prepare defenses.

At this time, it began to da™
o n herjth at the party was' not in-
ferested *in raising die standard

of ‘living of the worfehig^man* in
the U.S. (which was low in the
pre-war days) but was allied with
the USSR.

But this was healed by the Ger- ‘
man invasion of Russia and did
not pick up again until the Ko-
rean war broke out. “This
sudden and ferocious attack on
U.S. soldiers (branding the U.S.
the aggressor in Korea and sayr
ing American soldiers would be-
come beasts like the Nazis) and
the charges -of germ warfare,
spelled the end for many Ameri-
cans in the Communist party,”
she said.^ ? *

. - “It Was one thing to be a prot-
estant', but when it came to being
a’ traitor I got shaky,” Miss Har-i
tie said. /

This anti-American form taken
by die' party and the subsequent
prosecution of party members took
a heavy toll in party membership
and funds, Miss Hartle said.

■ She was arrested in 1952 for
violation of die' Smith Act in-
advocating the violent overthrow
of the American government, and
it was at tiiis time she decided
to quit the party.

She later abandoned an appeal
and entered prison at Alderson,
W. Va., to serve the minimum 20
months on a 5-year sentence. Be-
fore entering prison, die . testi-
fied before congressional hearings *
and again after she .was released.

Several threats have been made
on her life by the party, she said,
but no serious attemgtjiasr-bt'en
made to actually kill her. '

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